Fayette County, Illinois

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,815 88.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 650 3.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 692 3.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 33 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,059 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 54 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 4,355 20.4%
• 18–24 1,869 8.8%
• 25–44 5,349 25.1%
• 45–64 5,578 26.2%
• 65 and over 4,164 19.5%

Median household income

$63,445

90% interval $58,356–$68,534

−$19,882 vs IL · 80th of 102

Below poverty line

15.3%

90% interval 12.1%–18.5%

+3.8 pp vs IL · 15th of 102

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+0.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$770.4M

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,761

Establishments

454

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,194 24.1%
• Education & health services 1,118 22.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 618 12.5%
• Financial activities 283 5.7%
• Manufacturing 280 5.7%
• Construction 276 5.6%
• Public administration 250 5.0%
• Professional & business services 222 4.5%
• Other services 163 3.3%
• Natural resources & mining 138 2.8%
• Information 34 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 92.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.6%

+13.5 pp vs IL · 21st of 102

Median gross rent

$798

−$476 vs IL · 59th of 102

Owner-occupied

6,299

Renter-occupied

1,515

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $59,087/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,915/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 7,847 81.7%
• Democratic 1,632 17.0%
• Other / third-party 122 1.3%

• German or other West Germanic 451 2.2%
• Spanish 252 1.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 41 0.2%
• Korean 36 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%
• Chinese 14 0.1%
• Arabic 9 0.0%
• Tagalog 8 0.0%

Households

7,814

Family households

4,922

63.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,342

27.3% of families

Single-mother families

405

8.2% of families

Veterans

1,141

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,667 31.0%
• Catholic 3,113 14.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,292 6.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

92.7%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

7.3%

±1.7 pp

13th of 102

With a disability

18.1%

±1.7 pp

27th of 102

Bachelor's or higher

17.2%

±2.7 pp

−20.6 pp vs IL · 85th of 102

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.2%

90% interval 8.1%–10.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

4th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

14 (Combined Circuit Judge + Associate Judge counts per circuit. Vintage 2024-2025; hand-sourced from per-circuit official court websites and the 2023-2024 Illinois Blue Book (ilsos.gov) judge roster, cross-referenced against the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts directory. Cook County total of ~400 reflects the Circuit Court of Cook County's combined elected Circuit Judges (~257) plus appointed Associate Judges (~145), the largest unified trial court in the United States. Several smaller downstate circuits carry estimates (see source comments).)

Court seats

Carlyle, Effingham, Hillsboro, Louisville, Newton, Salem, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Vandalia

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

11.79 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2